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The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19
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Don't sneeze, sneeze, hawk, hawk, spit, blow,
and disgust everybody with your offensive breath
If you have acrid, watery discharges from the
nose and eyes, throat disease causing choaking
sensations, cough, ringing noises in head, split
ting headaches and other symptoms of nasal
catarrh, remember that the manufacturers Of
DIR. 81 gc's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good faith.
$500 reward for case Of catarrh they cannot
cure. The Remedy is sold by druggists at only
30 cents.
Indianapolis, Ind, has a woman whose voice
Can be heard mile. We do not know what her
calling is, but she must be successful in it
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

There is something suggestive in the title of u
recent magazine article, "'rhc cross Of the War
by A. Taylor" Probably he describes the
breaches made by the artillery.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

Are you disturbed at night and broken ofyour
rest by sick child suffering and CRYING with
pain Of cutting teeth If so, send at once and
get bottle of MRs. MISSIONS SOOTHING
syn, f2f 'hiLpREN IEETnTNG Its value is
incacnable. 1t will relieve the poor little suffer
immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there
is no mistake about it. 1t cures dissentcry and
dinrrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels.
cures wind collie, softens the gums, reduces in,
Illumination, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. WINsLoow's SOOTHING
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErH is pleasant to the
taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest
and best female nurses and physicians in tho
United States, and is for sale BY all druggists
throughout he world. Price pic. bottle. ran
name" had better go and forge one--then he'u
| hnd out mighty quick.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

Whom Baby was sick, we gavo her Castoria.
WHOM she was Child. she cried for Castoris
WHOM she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
"hsn she had Children, she gave them Csstor;.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

MON>> Of the good things of this
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Ackers
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on
positive guarantee at rs and 80 cents, by
A. B. Toward, Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

MAINE IRoN.-The Iron Works in
Piscataquis county are located 10 miles
north of Milo Junction, ut the terminus
of the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works
Railway. The company has capital Of
$40 900. 1t has produced 1000 tons of n
superior quality of charcoal pig iron
during each of the past two years. One
hundred men are employed during the
summer and All additional 200 in winter,
in cutting the l2,o00 cords of wood re-
quired for making coal and other pur-
poses. The employees are paid an average
of $l.35 per day, furnace men who work
II hours every day in the week, receiving
II little more, A large proportion of the
men are Swcdes. The iron produced Is
used for special purposes, such as car
wheels, etc. The ore yields 30 per cent
of iron, an excess of > per cent. over
that product in Alabama, Tennessee and
Connecticut, and nearly as much as that
of Lake Superior. The market price is
from S2G to $2S per ton. One thousand
tons of lime rock and 100 tons of
manganese from New Brunswick are used
annually in melting the ore. Additions
are being made to the works which will
raise their capacity from 1000 to 1000
tons annually .-Mainc Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19
The Somerset Pomona.

The regular October meeting of the Pc.
mona was held with Victor Grange, Fair
field, Tuesday lllh, Worthy Master lib
belts in the chair. Owing to unfavorabo
weather in the morning, and the cattle
show at Madison, many that otherwise
would have attended, were prevented.
Unfortunately for the Skowhegan Grange
the payment for sweet corn furnished the
factory, occurred the same day and Nom
berS were obliged to be absent from the
Pomona on that account. NotwithStaud-
ing all this, there was a fair attendance,
and solid, profitable meeting; Victor
Grange did grandly and warmly wei
coined the Pomona. Bro. W. ID. HAYDEN
presented the following which was adopt
ed
RcSoir Il: That it is the sense of the
Pomona Grange that it is the boun1en
duty nj each subordinate Grange in the
county to he represented in the meeting
of the County Grange, and that the County
Grange has right to except and receive
IA report in person, from each subordinate
Grandr by delegates sent to report their
standing '
The committee previously appointed
for that purpose presented the following !;
RESOLUTIONS TO SUSTAIN THE NATIONAL
GRANGE.
Resolved; That the Somerset Pomona
Grange, y. of H., heartily endorses aud
sustalns the action of the National Grange
in its severe deuunCiation. and condemna-
ton of the practice of mouopnli>ts and
SPECTATORS, who by certain species of
create "cnrners" in the great
stanle proIurts of our inuI I,,, vtbt ola
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19
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The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

Good Coffee, ID cts. per Id.
American Family Soap, only . cts.
Best White Oil, 100 fine test, -
cents per gal.
Extra Choice Molasses, 80 cents
per gal.
Good Oolong Tea or mixed,
only 30 cents.
Extra Choice Formosa Oolong,
II cents. Samples Of this Tea given
away on application and if not
found to be as good as any 30 cent
Tea in town we will give you a
chest.
White China Tea Sets, only $3.50.
Decorated Dinner Sets 112 pieces
only s90
A large variety Of Decorated
Dinner Plates, only S cents. Tea
Cups, 30 cents a Set.
Fancy Glass Sets, only % cents a
Set, sold by other dealers for Zoe.
Elegant parlor Lamps, new de.
signs, Is inches tall, white shades
and illumination, your choice, only
70 cents.
Large Fancy Glass Lamps in col
ors and white, fitted with burner
and Chimney complete, only 25c.
Best Tubler Lanterns only 80
cents. Only few left, call early.
Patent Mop Sticks, bronze 10 cts.
Bargains in 5, 10 and % cent
goods are too numerous to mention,
you only have to see them to buy
Our store is crowded day and even
ing with customers making selec-
tons from our Bargain Counters.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19
Drunkenness or the Liquor Habit rositiyel,
Cured by administering DR.. Ks!les'
Golden Specific

GoIden Specific,
~ can oe given IN cup OF coffee or tea with
OUT the knnwlrdge OF the person tal,iur II 4.
hent and speedy cure. whether the palieni ia y
moderate drlnker or an alcoholic wrera
thousands OF drunkards have been made tenn.
pefale men who have taken Golden Specific
IN lnelr coffee without their Knowledge. and
Today believe they quit drinking Of their own
free WIZ. 1T NEVER FAILS. Tile system
once impregnated with the Specific it becomes
an utter impossibilty for the liquor apuetitc TO
exist For full particulars address GOLDEN
sfEclFIC CO., 1855 Race ST.. Cincinnati, o.
:, a new temperance paper is to be started in
portland to be the organ Of those who oppose
iaking temperance into politics.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-10-19

To place bargains within the
reach of all, and by square and up
right dealing
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22
GLIDING GOLD.

Even Civil Service Reform itself has to be
reformed. The law requires that vacancies
shall be filed by appointments from the va
rious States and territories, according to
their population. Naturally there has been
pressure for appointment from residents OF
States near the seat of government, and par
ticularly from the District of Columbia,
quite out of proportion to the population of
these places, and, to evade the law, appli-
cants have been in the habit of applying
from remoter parts of the Union. 1t was
discovered that at each of the last two
monthly examinations which were held in
Washington by commission, and at which
over 100 applicants were examined, all, with
two exceptions, claimed other residence than
the District of Columbia. 1t is maintained
that this kind of thing is obviously unfair
under the rule apportiening to each State
and territory an equitable quota of clerical
appointments to the departmental service, as
in this way States quota may be unjustly
and completely exhausted by the appoint
ment of persons who are not citizens of that
State. Whenever sufficiently specific datA
have been furnished the commission has
made an investigation, and if the facts are
found as charged such persons have been re-
moved.
Hereafter it will be much more difficult to
evade the law than it has been. The COM
missioners now require each applicant to
state in his application his residence, occu-
patton, name of employer, if any, for each of
the four years preceding the date of the ap-
plicstion. And the new form further re-
quires that three citizens who have known
the applicant one year or longer fill the
blanks prescribed in their own handwriting.
One of the questions asked is: 'Would you,
yourself, trust him with employment requir-
ing undoubted honesty, and would you rec
ommend him for such to your personal
friendsa" Another important change is that
persons making these statements must be
actual, bona 6de residents of the State, ter
ritory or district in which the applicant
claims residence, and one of them must be a
resident of the city, town, county or parish
in which the applicant claims residence, and
an applicant who cannot obtain a statement
from each of three citizens that he, the ap-
plicant, is personally known to him as a
bona fds resident etc., will not be examined
for the classified departmental service. No
recommendations of an applicant, other
than that contained in the required state
ments concerning him, will be received by
the commission.
And thus the good work goes on. By and
by it will be go that bad men can't get Office
unless they have somebody like German
or Higgins to back them.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22

It is lucky to have your nest well feather
ed when you see the bills beginning to stick
out of your pigeon holes.-Tid-Bits
We will say to a thoughtless inquirer that
an old maid is always young married wo-
man-when she gets Misunderstanding
Critic.
A physician has discovered that the older
man grows the smaller his brain becomes.
This explains why the young men know
everything and the old men know nothing.
Somerset PENN Herald.
Attendant Ito Mr.. John L. Sullivan at his
hotel)-Her majesty the Queen has hex
pressed desire to see you.
Mr.. John L. Sullivan-Well, show de old
lady up at oncet.-New York Sun.
Ethel-Mamma,I 1 am writing to Nellie Lee.
Shall say anything for yous
Misunderstanding to that contemplate per-
son again? Yes, give her my love. How 1
| detest that girl. to be surel-Harpers Ra-
zaar
.sDid she have a rawhide when she as
saulted youa' asked his honor of a meek
gentleman who accused his wife of assault
with intent to kill ''No, your honor" said
the poor man feeling of himself tenderly,
| ''Im the one that had the raw hide; in fact,
your honor, I have it still. Buffalo Courier.
| the best policy hung on the walls" said a
man who had such signs for sale to the
grocer; 'there's money in 'em."
''Nop, gness not," replied the grocer;
GIVE been doin' business on this corner fer
/ 10 year in a stiddy, conservative sort o. way,
an l don't b'lieve in maxim any new tangled
| departures. It'd Bits.
$50 you have got wife, +" said Jones to a
| newly married man.
fsDon't know, don't know" replied the
| man, with evident hesitation; sometimes 1
| think I've got her, and sometimes I think
| she's got me. You see I've only been mar
/ ried few months and I can't tell just yet
/ how the blamed combination is going to turn
1 out. t."-Washington Critic.
Too Tragic.-The students of the Univer-
| sity of Texas occasionally give amateur the
atrical performances. Tom Anjerry who was
/ to play the Ghost, invited Nose Schaumburg
| of "Hamlet" $50 it vas tragedy, vas it?''
| asked the Austin merchant. "Yes," was the
reply ''Vell, den, I don't go. Ven looks
| mine books over and see how much vas ow-
| ing me from dose university students have
| more tragedy den wants. TEXAS Siftings.
A Somerset business man not long since
| had occasion to write to a gentleman who
| evidently had few correspondents The en-
i velope had the usual 'Return in ten days
| to -, Somerset, KY" on it. In about
ten days the letter came back to him, ac-
companied by scrawling note. the writer
| SAYING that he had returned the letter ac-
cording to the request on the envelope,
| though he s'didn't see why he was SO ALFRED
particular about having it sent back. ."-Som4
erset (Ky.1 Republican.
A diminutive drummer In local bras;
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22

Correspondence OF InS new I Ork
One morning about dsy-break, just as the
young commander of a remote outpost in
one of the northern provinces has fallen
asleep after being kept awake half the night
by mosquitoes, he is aroused in good earnest
by the bursting in of perspiring native
messenger, covered with dust and mud,
bringing news that village in the neighbor-
hood has just been attacked, plundered and
burned by band of Dacoits under the com
mand of an energetic native monk, who has
cast off his monastic robe in order to become
in the most literal sense a member of the
ffchurch militant" Instantly the bugle
sounds it's shrill call to ''boot and saddle -
and just as the first pale gleam of dawn
streaks the eastern sky one of the two Off
GERS in charge rides out of the intTenchment
with twenty well-armed Hindu sowars
(troopers) at his back.
But quick as they have been their enemies
have been quicker still The distant glare
that guides them is already waning, and by
the time they reach the scene of action not a
vestige of the maurading band is to be seen.
But just as the young leader, with passing
remembrance of his school-boy paper
ohases," is muttering discontentedly, HNo
scent, )" Burmese peasant, who bears the
DacoltS q gfudge 1Or naVlnS carried OH HIS
two best goats and gobbled all the rice that
he had laid up for home consumption, steps
forward and volunteers TO guide the scouting
party on their trail, an offer which is gladly
accepted. Following their pilot they plunge
on foot into black, unending tangle of
huge, dark trees and matted thickets, and
thorny scrub and tough, wiry creepers all
twisted together in one hideous coil. Sud
denly the fash and crash of matchbox and
the staggering fall of the foremost Hindu
tell that the foe is near. Three or four
dropping shots follow in quick succession,
and then a tramping and crashing amid the
dry twigs, mixed with blows and smothered
curses, shows that the cold steel is doing its
work. Five minutes later stalwart Ressal-
dar from Dude, saluting the "Capitan Sa-
hib" with one hand and wiping the blood
from his swarthy face with the other, reports
eight Dacoits slain and twelve captured.
The prisoners are corded together and
marched off, the wounded borne back to the
camp, the officer sends formal report of the
affair to headquarters, and then las he re-
gretfully says in letter to chum at Ran
goon) all the fun is over
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22
WHERE BOTTLES ARE VALUED
Some Speculator should Take a Ship
load to the SOadan.

load to the SOHdGn.
From the New York Tines.1
To a Soudan villager, no present, not even
money, and hardly even wife, is SO accepta-
BILE as one of our commonest and cheapest
receptacles, says the New York Times. 1t is
better in his eyes than a robe of honor from
the Khedive or blessing from the Mahdi.
Perhaps he might prefer the conveyance of a
slave from far Darfour, but then all his neigh
bors have slaves, and not all his neighbors
have common bottles, which are very uncom-
mon bottles in his religion. And what can
he want with bottles? Well, he uses bottles
to keep oil in. A bottle, if it have a cork,
is one of the most precious of all possessions:
if it have not cork, it is still precious, for
piece of corncob is a very passabte makeshift
for cork. Oil that maketh man of cheer
full countenance, as the psalmist says, is one
of the joys of life in the Soudan and oil the
white ants are very fond of. But though
white ants will eat nearly anything, and will
eat through anything else, they are baked
| by bottles, and they cannot away with cork.
There is nothing in a village that may not
be had in exchange for a few bottles A bot
tle-all the more precious if it be black bottle,
for clear bottles are regarded more fragile
and consequently less valuable-will buy
several chickens, specimen of the leather
fringe which is the sole garb of maidens;
even lamb, if one knows how to drive
bargain. There is no limit to the quantity
| of vegetable produce it will procure, and,
as for dates, why, boatload OF them would
be given for couple of champagne bottles,
| which are in special request-frst, because
they look, perhaps are, stronger; secondly,
| because they fraudulently appear to hold
| more than claret bottle. This is especially
| the case above Ordee or New Dongola. And no
| sooner does villager become possessed of a
bottle than, after exhibiting it with pride to
| his neighbors, as a young lady might show
| her jewelry or an old lady her lace or a col
/ lsctor a cabinet of coins or butterflies or
| what not, he sets his women folk to inclose
| it in network of stout fibre which contrives
a double debt to pay, a well-known article
/ of furniture is at once bed and wardrobe. 1t
| serves to protect the glass from fracture, and
| to furnish a handle by which the precious
vessel may be carried about with small fear
| of accident. A bottle thus invested becomes
an heirloom, and is guarded like the apple of
| an aye.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22

treatment, and is only referred to IN expla-
nation of a principle. No one would be SO
foolish as to expose large burn to such a
process, as the result would be pain 1ntolera-
bic. 1t is said that burn or scald IN extent
the size of one-third the surface of the hui
man body is incurable, for the reason
that the vital forces exhaust themselves
has been destroyed by the burn. Nature
hates any disturbance to the harmony OF It's
action, and in its struggle to overcome such
an injury, overpowers itself. The excessive
heat, inhaled or absorbed weakens the vltals
and nature has not sufficient strength to go
into battle. These are important things to
know, for it is only on true principles that
nature is helped in its struggle, and only
through ignorance that suffering is lntensl-
fed or proves fatal where it could be re-
ieved.
Scores of people daily brought in contact
with heat, steam, boiling water and conn
bustibles are hourly injured by some mishap
in the nature of burn or scald, and thou
sands have been cured of such by the best
known remedy for the cure of pain. Inc
principle of how it works explains itself atter
irritant on the surface injured, gently draw
ing out the heat caused by the burn, while
it soothes the pain, helping nature IN the
healing process, and cure follows: 1t IS a
specific for pains of this kind and should De
kept handy where fire and steam are used.
But as a precaution to its use where serl-
Gus burns or scalds occur, and that suffering
NAV not be intensified through ignorance,
read carefully directions for its use accom-
panying every bottle Thousands who testlfy
to being cured of burns aud scalds have been
so guided, and praise without stint the V1r-
tues of st. Jacobs Oil by which they have
been cured.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22

ries, and that her steering gear is too much
exposed to damage by an enemy's fire. Her
unseaworthiness, he thinks, would be proved
if she should encounter head sea in heavy
weather. Her protective deck is adapted to
defect shot striking her amidships, but her
guns are mounted to fire fore and aft, and
the deck affords no protection against shot
fired in the direction of her bow or stern. He
advises that the protective deck should be
extended forward and aft, that six-inch guns
should be substituted for those of eight
nches calibre, which she now carries, and
other changes should be made in her arma-
ment; that the steering gear should be placed
near the keel, SO as to be less exposed to an
enemy's fire. and that other minor changes
should be made. This ship, like the Chicago,
Boston and Dolphin, built by John Roach,
was constructed according to the plans rec
commended by the advisory board of naval
officers, established by act of congress, and
the designs were never regarded as satisfac-
tory by the construction bureau of the navy.
The Boston Commonwealth tells what it
says is a hitherto unpublished story of Dan
iel Webster. One autumn during the preva-
lence of strongMpo portheasterly storm Mr.
Webster in company with some two dozen
other sportsmen went to Brant Rock to shoot
ducks. The birds were flying in considera-
BILE numbers, but only few passed over the
rock, and consequently the prospect for fat
bags was rather slim However, the tide of
Mr.. Webster's luck was turned before the
day was over in the following manner: Two
adventurous sportsmen were cruising in a
small boat off the rock, popping away at the
birds in lively fashion that filled the sports
men on the rock with envy. Suddenly a
flock of about thirty brant hove in sight, near
the boat, and when within range the floating
gunners banged away into the midst of them,
dropping several. The birds, confused by
the discharge of firearms and the loss of some
of their number, wheeled and made directly
for the rock. AS they passed over every gun
was of course discharged and all but two or
three of the flock fell upon the rock. A ques-
tion that at once presented itself, of course,
was s'Who killed the birds?" Each one of
the twenty-four sportsmen was sure that at
least two or three birds had fallen before his
gun, and as there were only some two dozen
birds in all killed it did not look as if divi-
sion of the spoil could be readily accomplish
cd. Mr.. Webster, however, was equal to the
| occasion. Assuming mock judicial air, he
addressed the group of excited gunners. "My
friends said he, 'sthis case is easy of adju-
| dication; I'll buy the birds and you can di-
vide the money" And this ruling of ''the
court" was accepted
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22
Two Great Blanket
Values This Week.

48 pairs of White 1914 Blan-
kets, 6 lbs. weight, at $I.29 per
pair.
Extra heavy 6 lbs and ex-
ira wide Go inches) White
Blankets at 81 per pair.
We also continue to show
our full line of White and Col
ored Blankets at lowest prices.
Our Comfortables are the
best possible for $I.oo, S1.25,
$1.38, $1.5o, $3.50, $1.75 and
upwards.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-22

band is in the habit, when out parading with
his comrades, of walking by faith and not by
sight, owing to his drum being SO high that
he is unable to see over it. The band on
Saturday afternoons parade always in one
thought he would change the route a little
and turned down by-street. The drummer,
unaware of this movement, kept on his ae-
customed way, drumming as hard as ever he
could. By and by, after finishing his part
and not hearing the others he stopped, and,
pushing his drum to one side, he looked to
see what was the matter His astonishment
may be imagined at finding that he was
alone. "Hael" he cried to some of the by
ISLANDERS, ''t1as ony O. ye seen a band here
aboot?"-Scotch Paper.